REPORT ON THE SECTION OF BIRDS' EGGS 

 IN THE II. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 1891. 



By Chaklks E. Bf.niukk, IT. S. Army (retired), Hoiioniry Curd lor. 



The character of loiitine work has been as follows: Takin;i>' the 

 measurements, numbering' and arranging 842 specimens^ the revision 

 and arrangement, in numerical order, of 259 register sheets, and de- 

 termining the average measurements of eacli genus thereon recorded. 



In addition to the above work I have been engaged in preparing tlie 

 manuscript to the completion of Vol. i of "Life Histories of North 

 American Birds," and also in reading proofs thereof, which have, up to 

 this time, covered 220 quarto i)ages of composition. Considerable prog- 

 ress has also been made in gathering and classifying material for the 

 second volume. 



The following important accessions were received (hiring the year: 



Fkank B. Armstrong (Brownsville, Texas) : Oue uest aud 2 eggs of AmazUlia 



cerviniventris ; 2 nests ami 6 eggs Sporophila morelleti ; 3 eggs GlaueidintH phalw- 



noides; 4 eggs Engyptila alhifrons ; 7 eggs Megascnps asiii )n<callU. (Purchased.) 



The lirst three species are new to the collec-tion. 

 Mr. R. MacFarlane (chief factor of the Hudson Bay C'onipauy) : An interesting 



collection of 100 eggs and 9 nests, embracing 21 species, all from the Cumher- 



land district, Saskatchewan, Canada. 

 Mr. Denis Gai.e (Gold Hill, Bowlder County. Colo.): A finely piejiarcd collection 



of 45 eggs, embracing 11 species. 

 Dr. C. Hart Merriam (Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1). C): One nest 



and 3 eggs, Dendroica vwritlea. Rare. 

 Dr. William L. Ralph (Utica, N. Y.): Seventy eggs, embracing 13 species, from 



Florida and Texas. All are rai-e and many new to the collection. 

 Mr. Walter F. Webb ((renev^a, N. Y. ) : Three eggs, Buteo horealis, a.nd 15 eggs, 



Buteo Uneatus. 

 Mr. Thomas H. Jackson (West Chester, Pa.): Forty-four eggs ('allipeplu stiuamata 



castaiiof/usftis. 

 Mr. William L. Bishop (Kentville, Nova Scotia); Thirteen eggs, Dnuhof/dpits ((imi- 



deni<i!^. 

 Mr. William G. Smith (Loveland, Colo.): Four eggs, Majafscopntiammeolnn ; 4 eggs, 



I'halaropus tricolor; S eggs, Vino .solitarliix pinmhiiis. The lirst and last are new 



to the collection. 

 Mr. G. K. Cherrie (San Jos^, Costa Rica) : One egg of lli-^'o ffdvoriridis. New to 



the collection. 

 Mr. William Palmer (U. S. National Museum, Washingtcm, D. C): An interesting- 

 collection, con8ist.ing of 10 nests an<l 112 eggs, embracing 11 species, from St. Paul 



and Walrus Islands, Alaska. 

 Mr. W. E. Thaill (of the Hudson Bay Comi)auy): Fifteen eggs, Dendraiiapini frank- 



lini, rare; 4 eggs, Totauns uithiiinJenvub, rare; 9 eggs, Buiuisit umlnUiis tof/ata. 



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